Tag: Recreation reserve

Glenlyon Mineral Spring

The Glenlyon Mineral Spring adjoins the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve.

A lovely spot to 'take the waters', have a picnic and take a walk along the river. There is ample parking, picnic tables and chairs. At the adjoining recreation reserve, there is public toilets and access to a BBQ.

Glenlyon Recreation Reserve

The Glenlyon Recreation Reserve offers a beautiful river side setting to spend a day.

Taste the regions famed mineral water, have a BBQ or picnic and explore the recreation reserve which backs onto the Loddon River.

Bring your four legged friend to explore this reserve (must be on a leash at all times). A must do when in the area on New Years Day is attend the annual ‘Glenlyon Mixed Sports Day. A family fun event with unique sports such as bull boar eating competition and the world mineral water drinking championships. The reserve also hosts an annual swap meet, and other events throughout the year.

Friends of Cornish Hill

Cornish Hill is a Crown Land reserve in the heart of Daylesford. This land was intensively mined for gold between 1852 and the 1950’s. It was so named after the Cornish miners whose expertise in deep mining techniques was crucial to the extracting of gold from the quartz reefs running deep under the hill.
The mining left the hill derelict and denuded of trees and it soon became an area where goats and cows grazed. Woody weeds such as gorse, blackberry and broom became established in the disturbed soil, making reclamation and regeneration a challenging and lengthy process.
Spring-fed Smith’s Creek rises near East Street and bisects the reserve and flows into Wombat Creek which eventually becomes part of the Loddon River system. Cornish Hill is a haven for wildlife as well as a community asset to be discovered and enjoyed by all.